noun ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A small fish of subfamily Syngnathinae in the seahorse family, having a long thin body covered with partially ossified plates, the head long, and the jaws elongated so as to form a tubular snout.
2. 2
   fish with long tubular snout and slim body covered with bony plates wordnet

Synonyms

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common pipefish groupneedlefishpipefish-likeseahorse relativesyngnathidsyngnathid fish

Antonyms

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nonpipefish

Etymology

From pipe + fish.